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C. C. Finlay is the editor for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the author of five books and dozens of short stories. His fiction has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. He lives in Arizona with his wife, young adult novelist Rae Carson.

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In January 2015, C.C. Finlay became the ninth editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He is also the author of the Traitor to the Crown historical fantasy trilogy, which began with The Patriot Witch, and a stand-alone fantasy novel, The Prodigal Troll. He's published more than forty stories since 2001, many of which have been reprinted in volumes of the Year's Best Fantasy, Year's Best Science Fiction,Best New Horror, and other anthologies. Some of his short stories have been finalists for the Hugo, Nebula, Sidewise, and Sturgeon awards, and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Fourteen early stories were collected in Wild Things (2005).

Finlay was born in New York City, but grew up in Marysville, Ohio, where he haunted the stacks of the local Carnegie Library. He earned a B.A. in English at Capital University, and did study abroad at New College, Oxford University. He did graduate work in American history at The Ohio State University, where he studied under Saul Cornell and Randolph Roth.